The NBA finishes the weekend with five games tonight, so get in the DFS fantasy basketball game with the help of my DraftKings daily picks.
With about 25 games left to go in the NBA regular season, there are important games almost every night as teams jockey for playoff position coming down the stretch. Ā There are a pair of nice games this afternoon, but most of the DFS fantasy basketball action focuses on the five games starting at 6:00 PM ET or later. Ā For todayās DraftKings daily picks, Iām focusing on those five matchups to give you the best fantasy plays of the day in the following slides.
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Three of the fiveĀ games tip off right at 6:00 PM ET which will help things get off to a fast start. Ā The Blazers are in Indiana after playing last night in Chicago, the Pistons finish their back-to-back at home with a matchup against the surging Raptors, and the 76ers travel to Orlando to take on the Magic for the second time this week. Ā The one 7:00 tipoff features Karl-Anthony Towns and the T-Wolves traveling to DallasĀ to face Dirk and the Mavs. Ā Dallas played an overtime game on Friday, and it looks like everyone will be available, but watch coach Rick Carlisle closely since he likes to get his key players rest after riding them as hard as he did against Denver. Ā In the last game of the night, the Heat finish their back-to-back in the Northeast taking on theĀ Knicks in what should be Joe Johnsonās Miami Heat debut.
There is a lot of value plays on those ten teams and some solid upper-level options even though there arenāt any players who cost overĀ 10K. Ā To find the options I think are the best plays for tonight, check out my DraftKingsĀ daily picks on the following slides. My goal is to give you the most information I can, so that you canĀ build your own lineup toĀ bring home a win for your team tonight. To help you to that goal,Ā youāll find two slides per position in this postāone forĀ high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each slide contains at least two selectionsĀ with extras thrown in where possible. Ā I base each pickĀ on the currentĀ form of each player and the positional matchups each player will face in tonightās game.
At the beginning of 2016, I Ā started to rank my picks using stars after each selection to show the strength of the pick. For a full explanation of the rating system, check out the last slide of this post, but in short, more stars means more confidence (on a point-per-dollar basis).Ā OnĀ the final slide of the post, you can see my recent results at each level of confidence. Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how Iām putting together the best of my picks into my lineup for tonightās competition. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but youāre welcome to see my lineups and use them as a place to get started.
In this post, all salary references and references to āfantasy pointsā refer to DraftKingsĀ pricing and scoring. Ā If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on ourĀ fantasy basketball hub.
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Itās time to get rolling with my DraftKings daily picks for tonight starting with some high-salary PG.
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